Alright, I got about 3 hours into Hogwarts Legacy.
I'm generally not an RPG type gamer, and I hate games with magic. I've played Elder Scrolls: Oblivion and Skyrim, and I never roll a magic player in those games, and the only thing I ever use it for is to heal myself.
But....I'm not finding this as annoying as in other games. They did a pretty cool job of making the spell system feel natural and allow you to cast multiple different spells without needing to go into menus and stuff.
The castle is absolutely massive. I've spent the last half hour just wandering around trying to find new places, and you are constantly bumping into entire new areas you had no idea existed. I went through a doorway and down some stairs and found myself in a massive set of greenhouses. The way the staircases move around is trippy. Almost every painting moves around, and some will even talk to you. The suits of armor will move when they are just out of your view. So far, definitely worth the money. Just seeing how excited my wife has been, has been worth it.